Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 17, 2009

Metro's main sales center hours extended for Inauguration

Metro Center customer sales center open until 10 p.m. each night through Inauguration Night, January 20

Metro has extended the hours that the Metro Center and Pentagon Customer Sales Offices are open through the Inauguration due to the high demand for commemorative Inauguration fare cards and SmarTrip cards.

The sales office inside Metro Center Metrorail station will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, January 17, and Sunday, January 18, and from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Monday, January 19 and Tuesday, January 20.

The sales office at the Pentagon Transit Center will be open from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 19 and Tuesday, January 20.

Other Metro sales offices are closed through Tuesday and will resume normal hours on Wednesday, January 21.

News release issued at 2:50 pm, January 17, 2009.